http://www.greendoorservices.com/index.htmlNews from Green Door Servicesenstewart@greendoorservices.comCopyright 2006 GDS2010-02-15T20:21:40+13:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:36:20 +1200stewart@greendoorservices.comNone2010-02-15T20:21:40+13:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/92fc2192810ff21abfc3b79cc7f3b3f7-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/92fc2192810ff21abfc3b79cc7f3b3f7-11.html#unique-entry-id-11www.stewartbaird.com is my new Web site that will link together all of my business and creative activity. Stop by for a browse, More content to be added very soon.
]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2009-04-08T13:13:46+12:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/79c219a80dd3e225af4a0bec746931e7-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/79c219a80dd3e225af4a0bec746931e7-10.html#unique-entry-id-10GDS Director, Stewart Baird is helping a large financial services firm with Solution Architecture for an enterprise-wide deployment. The solution crosses the entire development stack; client, messaging and core systems development.]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2008-09-08T15:52:30+12:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/d25e19ee7ae089f6cc5dc8d301bbe33f-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/d25e19ee7ae089f6cc5dc8d301bbe33f-9.html#unique-entry-id-9
"Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect. Somewhere, somehow, we screwed up. It could have been in design, build, or test. Whatever it was, we should have caught it. We were too gung ho about the schedule and we locked out all of the problems we saw each day in our work. Every element of the program was in trouble and so were we. The simulators were not working, Mission Control was behind in virtually every area, and the flight and test procedures changed daily. Nothing we did had any shelf life. Not one of us stood up and said, 'Dammit, stop!' I don't know what Thompson's committee will find as the cause, but I know what I find. We are the cause! We were not ready! We did not do our job. We were rolling the dice, hoping that things would come together by launch day, when in our hearts we knew it would take a miracle. We were pushing the schedule and betting that the Cape would slip before we did. From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: 'Tough and Competent.' Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills. Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write 'Tough and Competent' on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control."

- Gene Krantz, NASA]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2007-09-23T08:27:00+12:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/929883a0492340b75b1e60bb70c5f97d-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/929883a0492340b75b1e60bb70c5f97d-8.html#unique-entry-id-8Stewart Baird is working on a new book that explores the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43), drawing lessons form today. The book is expected to be published n early 2008 and has a companion Web site Lessons From Stalingrad. ]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2006-10-27T14:26:25+13:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/95f2ad6f88853099c196a2f9ab5e5bc1-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/95f2ad6f88853099c196a2f9ab5e5bc1-6.html#unique-entry-id-6GDS Director, Stewart Baird has been asked to fill the role Technical Director for a local software development house in Wellington, New Zealand. This will be around 3 month engagement during which time Stewart will ensure the operation keeps running smoothly.]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2006-06-22T14:25:57+12:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/5c6fd7584bbf777bf25bc40c513d17b5-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/5c6fd7584bbf777bf25bc40c513d17b5-5.html#unique-entry-id-5GDS Director, Stewart Baird is currently currently consulting to a large financial services company in the US. We can't release any details of this engagement due to the sensitive nature of the project. What we can say is that is a very innovative solution that will make a real splash in the market when announced]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2006-06-07T14:25:26+12:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/71fc5e11e2661855de0be63c9a9acad4-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/71fc5e11e2661855de0be63c9a9acad4-4.html#unique-entry-id-4The redevelopment of FishServe's core application went live in the first week of June. It included a complete refresh of desktop, server and infrastructure. The project was hugely successful and a real credit to all involved.]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2005-12-01T20:46:23+13:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/21D9A439-EF61-4D59-9555-1360742F48B4-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/21D9A439-EF61-4D59-9555-1360742F48B4-3.html#unique-entry-id-3stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2005-08-23T21:11:31+12:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/1034F045-CF8A-41DA-8350-00B00459668F-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/1034F045-CF8A-41DA-8350-00B00459668F-2.html#unique-entry-id-2
Go on a BSA course and you’ll get the chance to use the site!]]>stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2006-04-18T21:01:14+12:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/6A9A3493-8CA1-4DB6-A8B1-79D60DD34436-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/6A9A3493-8CA1-4DB6-A8B1-79D60DD34436-1.html#unique-entry-id-1stewart@greendoorservices.comWork2005-11-30T21:00:13+13:00http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/E2CCF4EF-B962-4432-A03E-F89162AC6B6D-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.greendoorservices.com/blog/files/E2CCF4EF-B962-4432-A03E-F89162AC6B6D-0.html#unique-entry-id-0FishServe. They’ve grown into a great team over the multiple releases and iterations that have helped to deliver their .NET solution. FishServe’s IT and business staff have proven their ability to learn a whole bunch of new technologies and process while still maintaining their sense of humour.
Ed and Noel are sticking around until the bitter end – good luck and happy hunting!]]>